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The background is done, I kept my promise to finish this within 2 days... although this work already took one month. 

I'm really sorry that I made you guys wait extremely long this time. This is my first time I have drawn this carefully just for an artwork. The city setting requires extremely high calculation on  perspective and scale. I already complained when I finished Calli's backstage work that when drawing too many objects in a pic, it's very hard to adjust the scale of each object to make it sensible.

My biggest  weakness is that I always draw things too small compared to the main character and the scale looks very ridiculous because I don't have enough time to adjust everything. Because I have more time now so I tried to practice to improve that weakness but it's really not easy at all. I lost all morning just to render each building and cars in this pic. The amount of work is so big that it can't not be called a normal set anymore. 

Moreover, I realized something while drawing this artwork. If I want to touch the urban setting again, making premade assets to use may be a suitable method for this kind of work. Too much calculation for each building isn't fun at all. Maybe making some when I have some free time can be a good idea. Besides, this work has  a very smooth palate if you ask me. I have never made anything like this before. This can be a good lesson for what I should learn next. 

Anyway, I'm going to take a day off then back to draw the cut-in so that we can end this work soon. Next set will be inside the car so you don't have to wait too long like this one again. The most difficult part of drawing a chaining set is that the first set must be detailed enough to introduce the story. Please bear it with me a bit more. I will try my best to not let you guys wait a whole month without anything again.

Thank you for your patience and support !

- Hanada Yanochi

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Ultra

Fantastic work! I love the very urban background with the building, street lights and cars! Nerissa's reflection on the side right there pops out beautifully! All around great work!

King Crimson

Yaaay I love Nerissa 😭💙 It's sooo nice, finished pics are so good Love the details in the back, and Calli too Make sure to rest a bit 🥺

yanochi

Thank you ! Those cars and bikes are really a nightmare to draw. I can't cheat on anything at all. Every object needs an accurate render so I feel like I'm just going to pass out with all those things. Gladly it's over now so I'm back to work normally. Phews, what a piece of work !

yanochi

I will ! This one is a beast so I feel a lot relieved that it's all over. Now time to rest a bit T.T

Toastywafflz

This is amazing, like I am blown away by the level of detail in that background. I totally get what you mean about scale being tricky; now that I'm thinking about it, you can see this by looking at your past works and comparing to more recent ones how much more comfortable you've gotten with it, because I think to deal with the scale issue a lot of older works present the characters mostly in the foreground to keep everything behind them, or otherwise use the background more as a frame for the character than a setting. So if you separate the characters a bit by having them completely in the foreground, you don't have to worry as much about the scale of everything else. One example that comes to mind is the urban Cynthia piece; by putting the angle down at her feet, you not only get a really fun perspective on her but you can keep all the objects in the background distant in a way that avoids needing to deal too much with multiple degrees of closeness, and she becomes framed by the buildings behind her, lending it an awesome artistic effect. A lot of other pieces have a bed or couch or other piece of furniture with the character in the foreground to divide them and achieve the same effect. To be clear, I love all of these backgrounds, and I don't expect them to be blended like this every time; I do also appreciate more abstract backgrounds and the effect they can provide, for example the Nakiri Ayame background is one of my favorites. It's super beautiful, and gives her an otherworldly feeling with how she's centered against the backdrop, so given the difficulties of scale you have to contend with, I wouldn't expect you to do it like this every time, especially for quicker pieces where it's really not even an option. All that being said, seeing your success with it in this piece actually makes it sink in how difficult it must be, and the result is absolutely incredible. This piece probably has some of the most "sense of place" of all of your backgrounds, where the foreground blends seamlessly with the rest of the background. I feel like Nerissa is right in front of me. I feel the HEAT of a hot summer day, with the shadows under everyone and the amazing distortion in the reflection of the car, which reminds me a bit of the last time you did something like that with the tea kettle, I think in the Kronii maid piece if I remember correctly. The other cars and pedestrians in the background give the piece life and put you in a town lived in by other people, and of course we still get to have the expansive, breathtaking vista provided by the town and mountains extending in the distance alongside the river. It's very clear to me looking at the whole piece where I would be standing within it. The colors turned out beautifully too. I really think they blend all the different textures together well and bring out that sunny day feeling from the environment. And as always I love your inclusion of nature in all of your works, I love the glimpse of that tree on the left and the greenery planted in the median of the road. Even the other pedestrians have an impressive level of detail, I can just make out some of there faces a bit which in and of itself suggests a certain amount of distance and further cements the sense of scale tying the whole piece together. As for premade assets, that seems like a good idea. Something you can use for reference and quickly edit and plug in for urban settings makes a lot of sense; it's a lot different from a natural environment where every tree is different so you can kind of just shape things to fit the effect and situation you're going for. A certain model of car will always look a certain way. Thinking about re-using assets, it could be interesting if you wanted to to make a whole reusable setting in the future. I'm imagining for example seeing a different part of this town in a future piece, recognizing landmarks from different directions and angles. And then with that you could also have stories that loosely connect between different sets. Of course, that's a whole other hell of scale and proportions, but it's a neat idea. I am in love with this piece. I feel like you've learned a lot but you've also shown off just how much you've learned already, and I'm really excited to see the next part from inside the car. Tackling this environment will give you new opportunities in the future for all sorts of backgrounds! Absolutely worth the wait, like always. As excited as I am, you worked your butt off so I hope you get some good, quality rest before you tackle the next part. You will need your strength as a powerful art wizard. Thank you very much for your hard work and for the update. See you soon!

Maestroll

Well, why am I being arrested? Being too cocky? lol It's a brilliant work again! I like the reflection part, very interesting indeed. Now I can't wait to get into the car, for their further cross-examination... Btw, you need a decent vacation, I have to remind you that August is not far away now. Don't tell me the plan is being delayed again ;)

yanochi

Thank you, this is not a long compliment anymore, this is a full stack essay ! ( It's not that I'm complaining, really thank you for taking time writing for me )  Yes, I understood your method and I think I have been using that for most of my works. However, when in a narrow space or space with a lot of stuff like a street, that was when the nightmare began. You can't cheat the midground and it's required to draw both midground and background with a high accuracy detail on the object, that is the rabbit hole I fall in this illustration. Those cars, bikes, streets, people can't be cheated by drawing it with just a few strokes. That is why it took even more time than usual for this one, I just fell into my own trap though. However, this is a good experiment for me to draw future work with urban settings or interior settings.  I lost quite many patrons for this test so there is no way I can keep doing this every time lol But I already told you the resolutions. Next time it will be done faster for sure !  I am still not used to drawing reflected objects so I want to try it as much as possible. Pretty fun. It is like you try to catch things with no certain shape like water so it will need more experience to really master how to do it. I think I learned a lot with color this time. Using all colors from the same palette really creates an effect that I have never seen. I really want to try it more to understand it. This is the whole new level of color I didn't know before.  About premade assets, it's not like I will try to make you guys see the same thing over and over. I mean I need an overall shape to put in the new work's dimensions and then scale it before making adjustments on detail. With that method it will be more accurate and I  can do less calculation and adjust to make things look right which is the main reason that this pic took so much time.  Anyway, I learn a lot with this piece and this is just the beginning. Of course, next time it won't be this late. My page is falling apart after a long time without an update.I'm glad that you like it. I will start to draw cut-ins for lewd right now.  It's time for the main dish !

yanochi

I'm working on the lewd parts so you will know the reason soon ! Their further cross-examination will be saved for the next sets but yeah, I'm really looking forward to having it done soon. This is just the intro part so still not so hot yet but once you enter the car, the fun begins ! You just read me like a book again ; v ; After this new work, all my pages are a mess now so this is not a good time to rest. I know your concern and I really appreciate it but I need to get more work done first before getting myself a holiday. You really can't rest at all when knowing your income is falling apart and notification work is ringing though. So please bear with me abit more T.T This is ridiculous that I'm trying to stop you from stopping me killing myself but some work need to done before rest so much please ; A ;

Maestroll

Your income is falling apart? That's terrible... Maybe you really need some premade assets to speed up the reward delivery so make the subscribers stay. Most of 'em treat the masterpieces as a way to satiate their carnal desire... All they need a cheeseburger instead of a full-course meal smh

yanochi

Nah, if I can make something more interesting, they will come back eventually. But you are right, I need to speed up my work or do something else to PR myself more. Even Though I am very tired with each work, it's not enough on the PR side. Let's focus on working on the idea and finish the current chaining set first. I need more time to prepare those premade assets. It's going to be a bit busy for a while haha..